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UNITED sTATEs# PATENT oEErcE.

GEORGE M. DEPEW, OF OANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. DEPEw, a resident of Canandaigua, in thecounty of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to water closets, and has for its ob'ect toprovide sim le and efficient means or flushing water c osets without theuse of siphons or valves, and the invention consists in the constructionhereinafter described and particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention and formspart of the speciication,-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of thedevice, Fig. 2 is a artial sectional view at right angles to ig. 1. Fig.3 is a broken section showing uide ways in preferred form; Fig. 4 is asimi ar view of another form of guide ways; Fig. 5 is a partial viewshowing a modification of the connection between the weight and thereceptacle.

Numeral 1 denotes a box or casing, and 2 a tilting water-receptacle orbucket sus ended within the casing by means of a bai 3 and rod 4, thelatter extendin throu h `the bucket and sliding in ways 5 ed to t ecasing. These ways can be conveniently formed by soldering large wires5y to the wall of the bucket as indicated in Fig. 3, or by strips as inFig. 4. The bucket bail 3 is in the preferred form suspended from theend of a bar or lever 6 having a pivotal support or fulcrum at 7 whichmay be a rod fixed to the walls of the casing.

5X denotes a chain whereby the lever 6 is connected to a weight 7xsituated in a well or open-topped cylinder 8.

9 indicates a partition to exclude water from the weight and theinterior of the guiding cylinder.

10 denotes a guide pulley for the chain and 11 a acking made of rubber,leather or other suia le material shaped to fit the walls of the we 12indicates a packin -retaining late and 13 a screw for securing t e platean packing to the weight.

14 denotes a chain or cord attached to the receptacle 2 and guided bypulleys 14x and extended to the vicinity of the stool where itSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application flied August 13, 1907.

Patented oc't. 2o, 190s.

Serial No. 388,376.

may be provided with a handle or pull. In some cases a lever 15 can beemployed to pull the chain and tilt the water bucket as will bedescribed.

16 denotes a water-supply pipe and 17 a cock or faucet therein, and 18 api e from the faucet to a point near the end of the water receptacle asindicated. The faucet has an actuating lever connected to the chainabove the bail 3 by means of a slot or loop 20. The faucet is open andclosed by means of lever 19 actuated in the following manner. Assumingthat the full lines indicate a filled bucket, it will be tilted to emptyby a pull at 15 on the chain 14 and will then assume a positionapproximately indicated by broken lines. This is the osition of thebucket when tilted and just efore moving up under action of weight 7X.

21 denotes a stop which may impart a return impulse when struck by therising corner edge of the emptied bucket moving up from the positionindicated in broken lines.

The axis 4 of the bucket is a little to the right of the center ofgravity so that a gentle pull on chain 14 will cause the bucket to tiltand empty by gravity. Tiltin is stopped by a bucket edge striking thebai chain. As the bucket is emptied it is overbalanced by the weight andrises, its axis 4 moving up in grooves 5. The left lower corner of thebucket will by its ascent under influence of the weight be brought incontact with stop 21, and a return of the bucket from its tiltedposition begun.

22 denotes the rear end of the receptacle opposite its discharging end,and to which rear end the tilting cord or chain 14 is attached.

21 denotes a sto or projection situated preferably above a orizontalplane passing through the receptacle ivots, and in the path of the rearwall of t e receptacle when tilted for discharging whereby a returntilting movement is initiated by reaction of the receptacle against saidstop or projection.

23 denotes one or more stops fixed to the inside of the receptacle andin situation to prevent too great a return of the bucket. Its return tonormal position is effected -by the water discharged `through pipe 18.This ipe is extended to near the bottom of the ucket, when it is inposition indicated in broken lines, whereby it is quickly submerged byi'nowing water and noise stop ed. It will be understood that the weightraises the bucketias it is being emptiedand is itself lowered.

it is returned to normal position. The packing closes the top of the airchamber between,y the weight and the bottom of the cylinder 8V butvpermits air to pass under pressureand thus retards the up and downmovements of the weight to provide that the emptying tank shall risegently and smoothly and be prevented from-dropping quickly, and it alsorovidesthat these operations shall be noise ess.

Nothing is used in the nature ol a valve except the admission cock.

Itis obvious that lever 6 isnot in all casesessentialand that amodiiication such as in In' s 24", one of which issup ported over thebucket substantially as: shown, are employed and chain 5X or itsdicate'dy in Fig. 5 would be operative. this form pul ey whereby impactof iniiowingv water vtends to'- retnrn the receptacle to horizontalposition, andimeans forftiltingthe receptacle.

2. The combination' ina flushing device, ot'v a casing, a tiltingreceptacle,- means for tilting the receptacle, ay counterba-lancingweight, awell'to gnide theA weight, andlavpais tition in; the casinginclosing the well, and a: stop` on the/partition, said stop being'inthe patli of the tilting receptacle.

3. The combination in a flushing-device, of"V a casing, a tiltingreceptacle, a' count'erbalancmg weight, a welltoguide the-weight, al

When theloucket is V,filled partition in the casing and inclosing thewell, anda receptacle-moving cord situated adj acent the well and on thesame side of the partition.

4. A tilting water receptacle having an inclined discharging endreceptacle-sn porting pivots, means for tilting the receptac e, and asupplypipe discharging near the end of the receptacle opposite saidinclined end Where- 'hy impact of inflowing water tends to retnrn thereceptacle to horizontal position.

5. In a'linshing device, a receptacle, means for tilting it to empty,anda relling pipe discharginfr against an end of the receptacle at apointfsnitahle to return said tilted .receptacle toward horizontalpositionfby impact of a fresh-charge of' water.

6., ln a flushing device, a tilting water receptacle, means for tiltingthe receptacle, a

stop to limit forward tilting movement of thereceptacle, a stop to limitreturn movement of said receptacle, and a supporting hail forthe-receptacle, said latter stop being situated Within the receptacleand acting on the bail.

7. in a `flushing device, a tilting-water receptacle, a-fsuspendingdevice therefor, means for tilting the receptacle for emptying it, andtwo stops, one of said stops consisting or" a receptacle-returningdevicein the path of the rear of the receptacle, and the other ola stopsituated within the receptacle and actingon said suspending device. Y

8; In combination, the water receptacle, a connterlcalancesupport, awater supply pipe, a rotatable faucet in said pipe, a handle directlyconnectingfsaid faucet andthe support, and means to tilt thecounterbalanced receptacle,

In testimony'whereof, I' have signed' this speciiicationan tne presenceol two subscribing witnesses.v

GEORGE' M. DEPEW. Witnesses-z l JonvY H'. HICKS,- HonAon" FITCH'.

